The Glory of Aviyukta-kshetra

Verse 1 (skanda.7.441.1)

॥ पुलस्त्य उवाच ॥ अवियुक्तवनं गच्छेत्ततः पार्थिवसत्तम॥ यस्मिन्दृष्टे नरोभीष्टैर्न वियुज्येत कर्हिचित्

|| pulastya uvāca || aviyuktavanaṁ gacchettataḥ pārthivasattama|| yasmindṛṣṭe narobhīṣṭairna viyujyeta karhicit

Pulastya said: Thereafter, O foremost of kings, one should go to Aviyukta-vana, by seeing which a man is never separated from those dear to him.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.441.2)

तत्र पूर्वं शची राजन्प्रविष्टा दुःखसंयुता॥ नहुषेण हृते राज्ये देवेन्द्रस्य महात्मनः

tatra pūrvaṁ śacī rājanpraviṣṭā duḥkhasaṁyutā|| nahuṣeṇa hṛte rājye devendrasya mahātmanaḥ

O king, formerly, when the kingdom of the great-souled Devendra was seized by Nahusha, Shachi, overcome with sorrow, entered there.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.441.3)

तत्प्रभावात्पुनः प्राप्तो वियुक्तोऽपि शतक्रतुः॥ ततस्तस्य वरो दत्तो वनस्य हि तया नृप

tatprabhāvātpunaḥ prāpto viyukto'pi śatakratuḥ|| tatastasya varo datto vanasya hi tayā nṛpa

By its power, Shatakratu (Indra), though separated from her, was regained once more. Thereupon, O king, she granted this boon to the forest.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.441.4)

नरो वा यदि वा नारी वियुक्ताऽत्र वने शुभे॥ प्रियैर्निवास एकस्मिन्रात्रिमेकां वसिष्यति

naro vā yadi vā nārī viyuktā'tra vane śubhe|| priyairnivāsa ekasminrātrimekāṁ vasiṣyati

Whether man or woman, one separated from loved ones, who shall dwell even a single night in this auspicious forest —

Verse 5 (skanda.7.441.5)

स तेन लभते संगं भूय एव यथा मया॥ प्रियैः स लभते वासमेकरात्रं वसन्नृप

sa tena labhate saṁgaṁ bhūya eva yathā mayā|| priyaiḥ sa labhate vāsamekarātraṁ vasannṛpa

shall regain their company once again, just as I did. O king, merely by dwelling there one night, one regains the company of loved ones.

Verse 6 (skanda.7.441.6)

फलदानं प्रशंसंति तत्र ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः॥ वंध्यानां च विशेषेण यतः पुत्रफलं लभेत्

phaladānaṁ praśaṁsaṁti tatra brāhmaṇasattamāḥ|| vaṁdhyānāṁ ca viśeṣeṇa yataḥ putraphalaṁ labhet

There the excellent Brahmins praise the giving of fruit-offerings, especially for barren women, since through it the fruit of a son is obtained.